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Pits open: 4:00 PM, Cut off time: 5:30 PM
Hot laps: 5:30 PM, Racing: 6:00 PM
Grandstand Open: 4:30 PM
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Seniors:
$15.00
Kids 6-12 $6.00
5 and Under Free
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Thatcher
and Richards Sweep Eagle Valley
By
Gene Harmelink
June 29, 2008
After
his car was damaged badly in last week’s racing action, Craig Thatcher
debuted a new J-Car, winning his heat race and the WISSOTA/Amsoil Modified
feature. Tommy Richards found similar success in the WISSOTA/Amsoil
Street Stock division, while Curt Myers and Shane Halopka settled for
feature wins in the Super Stock and Midwest Modified divisions on Sunday,
June 29, 2008. George Richards swept the Eagle Valley Pure Stocks
while Brittany Olson did the same in the Eagle Valley Hornets.
Other
folks may have found Country Fest; just fifteen miles down the road, to
their liking, but the stands were full at Eagle Valley Speedway near Jim
Falls, WI, on Sunday night. You couldn’t have asked for more
perfect weather for the racers, 96 of them, and for the fans to enjoy an
excellent night of racing presented by River Country Coop.
Racing
action began with a full field of WISSOTA/Amsoil Midwest Modifieds taking
to the track. Heat winner, Nathan Thums, and Jesse Glenz were on the
front row as racing began. Glenz jumped to an early lead with Mark
Gerth, who had started fourth, hot on his heels. Glenz led for the
first two laps, but Gerth shot past Glenz during lap three to take the
lead with Dan Svee, who had started third, Bryan Bisonette, who had
started fifth, Ronnie Rihn, who had started sixth, and Shane Halopka, who
had started ninth, showing the way for the rest of the field.
Gerth’s
car suffered transmission failure near the end of lap seven and Gerth’s
car came to a halt in the front stretch bringing out a caution.
Bisonette then inherited the lead and led for the next two laps until
there was a caution for a spin by heat winner, Brand Hudson, who was
running fifth after starting eighth, as he came out of turn one.
Hudson collected a number of cars in the process with Hudson, Thums, and
Nick Koehler retiring their cars to the pits.
On
the restart Bisonette resumed the lead, but that lead was short-lived as
Shane Halopka came on strong near the end of lap eleven to take the lead.
Halopka proved to be too much for the rest of the field and came home the
winner with Bisonette finishing in second. Svee, Rihn, and Glenz
rounded out the top five.
The
WIISSOTA/Amsoil Super Stocks came to the track next for their feature with
heat winner, Rick Hallquist and Chad Zastrow on the front row.
Zastrow was off to an early lead with heat winner, Paul Erikson, who had
started fourth, in second. Zastrow led for the first two laps, but
Erikson made a pass during lap three to take the lead with Zastrow
trailing in second. A caution for debris after lap four reset the
field with Erickson still in the lead. Another caution, after lap
five, for a spinning Rick Hallquist saw Hallquist leaving the track
with apparent damage and Eric Olson, who had started third, being sent to
the back. Olson would make one or two more laps and then pulled off.
